Screen-hanger.



C. CHRIESTENSEN.

SCREEN HANGER. APPLlCATlON men act. 19, 1916.

Patented Feb.27,1917.

' INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

CHRIST CHRISTENSEN, or, DENVER, COLORADO.

SCREEN-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

Application filed October 19, 1916. Serial No. 126,542.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHRIs'r CHRISTENSEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Screen- I-Iangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is an improvement in means for hanging screens, and relates in particular to devices of the type which permit a screen to be swung outwardly about a horizontal axis adjacent its upper edge. The principal object of my invention is the provision of a pair of cooperating hanger members, one of which is adapted to be secured to the window casing in the angle between the side of the casing and the outer side of the blind strip, and the other of which is adapted to be secured to the upper member of the screen frame. These hanging devices are employed in pairs, the members secured to the screen at each side thereof being similar but the members attached to the window casing being made in rights and lefts. A further object of my invention is to provide a hanging means, the screen attached sections of which are capable of use in hanging a screen if it be a half screen or a full length screen. Further and more particular objects and advantages of my invention will later appear in this specification.

In the single sheet of drawings accom panying this application and forming a part thereof Figure 1 is an elevation of a window, viewed from the outside of the building, to which is applied a half screen supplied with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation on an enlarged scale of the left hand upper corner ofv the screen shown in Fig. 1 and better illustrating'the hanging means;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, in which like characters of reference designate like parts in the several views, 10 indicates a window casing of the usual construction, 11 the lower sash of the window, and 12 the upper. The casing is provided with the customary parting strip 13 and blind strip 14 and my device is designed to be applied in the angle between the outer face of the strip 14 and the casing. 1

As previously stated, my devicesare used in pairs, a set being applied at each side of the screen. Each device comprises two members, of which the socket parts, which are carried by the screen, are exactly alike at both sides thereof, but of which the shank members are made in rights and lefts. In the drawings I have illustrated in detail the hanging means as applied to'the left hand side of the screen when viewed from the outer side. The shank member of the hanging means, 15, comprises a right angled metallic member, preferably made by stamping, which fits within the angle between the face of the casing and the blind strip 14 and which is provided on its blind strip engaging side with a tongue 16 preferably formed by cutting the metal and bending the same forwardly and then upwardly, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, thus constituting a shoulder 17 at the lower end of the tongue 16.

The socket member 18 of the hanging means is preferably formed of a single strip of metal bent back on itself at 19 and provided with two right angle bends 20, 21. There is thus provided a member having a socket for the reception of the upper frame member of a screen and a lip extending above said socket and substantially in the plane of one of its sides. This lip is pro vided with a horizontally elongated slot 22 formed by cutting out both thicknesses of the metal of the lip.

If the hangers are to be employed as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive in connection with a half screen the members 18 are secured to the upper portion of. the screen frame 23 by screws, nails, or other suitable securing means, in such a positionthat the screen frame is held between the front and the rear portions of the socket in 18 and its lip projects upwardly from the rear side of the screen. The screen is then set in position in the casing and the shank members 15 can be properly located and secured to the window casing without the necessity of taking measurements. These members 15 are secured in position by screws or the like which may be conveniently attached without removing the screen. If, now, the lower end of the screen be hooked, it will firmly be held in position by such hook and by engagement of the slots 22 with the shoulders 17 on the tongue 16. If it is desired to open the screen it may merely be unhooked at the bottom and then swung around the shoulder 17 as a pivot. If it is desired to remove the screen it may be lifted off the tongues 16 after it has been swung forward about 30 to As is customary with this method of mounting screens a strip 25 is secured to the inner side of the upper screen frame member in position to contact with the lower rail of the upper sash 12 thus preventing entrance of insects through the space between the screen and the upper sash.

The employment of my means of hanging screens will be found to result in a. material saving in time and labor for the reason that the screens require no fitting and that the socket members 18 do not need to be carefully located on the screen on account of the considerable length given to the slot 22, thus affording a leeway for inaccuracy and for subsequent shrinking or warping of the screens. Furthermore, the shank members may be attached to the casing while the screen is in position, thus saving measuring or placing and removing and then again replacing the screen when in the process of hanging. The tongue and slot means of connection between the hanging members also affords a much simpler and more convenient means of guiding the parts together, when a screen is being returned to place, than any of the forms of hangers now on the market possesses. This is for the reason that the slots in the socket member are at substantially the same distance from the end of said member as the ends of the tongues are from the blind strip, and that, therefore, the inner ends of the socket members nay be guided by the casing and blind strip in lowering the screen onto the shank mem bers and that when so lowered the tongues must enter the slots.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, a horizontally slotted socket member adapted to be secured to the upper edge of a screen, in combination with a shank member secured against the outer face of the blind strip of a window casing, said shank member carrying a tongue projecting therefrom in an outward and upward direction, the distance which said tongue projects from the blind strip being substantially the same as the distance between the end of the socket member and the slot therein.

2. In a device of the class described, a slotted socket member adapted to be secured to the upper edge of a screen, in combination with a right angled shank member adapted to fit in the angle between the face of a window casing and the. blind strip of the window casing, said shank member carrying a tongue projecting from its blind strip engaging surface and adapted to engage the slot in said socket member, the distance which said tongue projects from the blind strip being substantially the same as the distance between the end of the socket member and the slot therein.

8. In a device of the class described, a slotted socket member adapted to be secured to the upper edge of a screen, in combination with a right angled shank member adapted to fit in the angle between the face of a window casing and the blind strip of the window casing, said shank member carrying a shouldered tongue projecting from its blind strip engaging surface and adapted to engage the slot in said socket member.

4:. A screen hanger comprising cooperating shank and socket members, said socket member being adapted to be secured to the upper edge of a screen and having an elongated horizontal slot therein, and said shank member being right angled in horizontal sec tion to adapt it to fit in the angle between the face of a window casing and the blind strip thereof and having a tongue projecting outwardly and upwardly from its blind strip engaging surface, said tongue being adapted to engage said slot in said socket member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

CHRIST CHRISTENSEN.

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